Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Elysium

Actors:  Matt Damon, Jody Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alicve Braga, Diego Luna, William Fichtner
Rating:  9 out of 10, A very smart science fiction flick that tries to expose the growing rift in today’s world - the separation between the have and the have-nots.  It’s a startlingly cold look at what could happen if technology is restricted to the rich.  Matt Damon is special as a dying car thief charged with saving the have-nots from a coolly immoral Jody Foster. Sharlto Copley is fast becoming my favorite guy in cinema.  He plays a very evil bad guy here but somehow he’s somehow kind of sneakily likable as well despite his seeming complete lack of redeeming values.  There are some huge plot holes but hey, this is science fiction and one of the best movies of the year.    
MVP:  Copley as the supremely evil bounty hunter, Kruger.

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